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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113863 | Socket connector having a thermally conductive insert A socket connector includes a housing having a mating end and a mounting end. The housing has a receptacle at the mating end configured to receive an electronic module therein. The mounting end of the housing is configured to be mounted to a circuit board. Contacts ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8052450 | Card edge connector with improved retainer A card edge connector includes an elongated housing, a plurality of contacts retained to the housing, and a retainer located at one end of the housing along an elongated direction of the housing. The housing has a pair of side walls and a central slot between the si... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8007303 | Card edge connector with an improved retainer A card edge connector for mating with an electronic card includes an elongated housing, a number of contacts and a retainer retained to the housing. The housing has a pair of side walls, a central slot between the side walls and a first tower upwardly extending at o... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7946875 | Card edge connector with an improved retainer A card edge connector (100) for use with an electronic card (100) includes an elongated housing (1) having a pair of opposited side walls (10), a central slot (11) between the side walls (10), and a holding portion (12 | 05/24/2011 |
| 7874862 | Connector actuation mechanism A mechanism for electrically connecting a first electronic component to a second electronic component includes an actuating member disposed in the first electronic component including a first connector half and an actuation screw having a head and a threaded end. Th... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7835148 | Portable storage device capable of being disassembled easily A portable storage device includes a storage module whereon a hole is formed, and at least one lateral plate disposed on a lateral side of the storage module. A slot is formed on the lateral plate. The portable storage device further includes a fixture disposed on a... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7794259 | Electrical connector assembly for miniaturization An electrical connector assembly (100) for connecting memory modules (200) to a printed circuit board (PCB) (300), includes a first and second connectors (10, 20) respectively mounted on two opposite surfaces of the PCB. The first and sec... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7789692 | Card edge connector A card edge connector comprises an insulating housing comprising a receptacle provided with a plurality of terminals therein and a pair of support arms disposed at opposite ends of the insulating housing. Each of the support arms comprises a flexible portion having ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7780464 | Surface contact card holder and portable electronic device using the same A holder for a surface contact card includes a main body, a cover and an impeller. The main body provides a receiving bay receiving the surface contact card therein. The cover is disposed on the main body. The cover defines an opening. The impeller is slidably recei... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7766684 | Connector actuation mechanism A mechanism for electrically connecting a first electronic component to a second electronic component. The mechanism includes an actuating member disposed in the first electronic component including a first connector half and an actuation screw having a head and a t... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7670165 | Restriction mechanism for card A restriction mechanism for a card is provided. The card includes at least one electronic component mounted thereon. The restriction mechanism includes a substrate, a slot, at least one latch, and at least one latch restriction member. The slot allows the card to be... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7666019 | System and method for retaining a card Systems and methods for retaining a card in an information handling system are disclosed. A retainer for use in an information handling system may include a body, at least one mounting feature coupled to the body, and a retention flange coupled to and protruding fro... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7641495 | Mounting apparatus for expansion card A mounting apparatus for fixing an expansion card includes a connector configured for engagingly receiving a bottom portion of the expansion card, and a latching member made by thin strip material. The latching member includes a top wall, and two sidewalls extending... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7632127 | Socket and method for compensating for differing coefficients of thermal expansion The illustrative embodiments provide a socket, a method for manufacturing the socket, a device, and a method for compensating for differing coefficients of thermal expansion between a socket and a printed circuit board. The socket includes surface mounted contacts a... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7578689 | Card edge connector with latch A card edge connector (100) for receiving a module (3) includes an elongated insulative housing (1) having a central slot (10) for receiving a bottom edge of the module and an arm portion (16) coupled to an end of the insulative ho... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7556519 | Method and device for securing a circuit board to a computer assembly The present invention provides a securing device and method for securing a card to a computer assembly. The device includes a unitary base member comprising a foundation portion and an arm portion orthogonally positioned relative to the foundation. A receiving means... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7500863 | DIMM socket positive lock extractor A card edge connector including a housing and a pair of extractors is disclosed for electrically connecting a first PCB such as a daughter card to a second PCB such as a motherboard. The extractors both secure and eject the daughter card from the connector. The extr... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7484983 | Card edge connector A card edge connector comprises an insulator body and a pair of metal components. A central slot is provided along the longitudinal direction of the insulator body. The pair of metal components is disposed at distal ends of two opposite sides of the insulator body. ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7396247 | Device for retaining a printed circuit board A device for retaining a printed circuit board is provided, which includes a first side plate and two second side plates. The first has at least one first rib perpendicularly protruding therefrom, each of the second side plate has at least one second rib perpendicul... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7371103 | Positive locking latch for edge card connector A connector, such as an edge card connector, is provided with positive locking ejection latches. The positive locking of the ejection latches ensure that an associated card inserted into the connector will not accidentally be ejected under shock and vibration condit... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371097 | Socket connector with latch locking member A socket connector for connecting a card edge module to a circuit board includes a housing extending along a longitudinal axis between opposed ends. The housing includes a mounting face configured to be received on the circuit board and a slot configured to receive ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364467 | Card edge connector with durable key A card edge connector (100) adapted for a daughter card with at least one notch comprises a housing (1) made from insulating material and contacts. The housing comprises a slot (12) for receiving the daughter card along its length direction and ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360709 | Device for locking a card in a card reader A device is capable of locking or unlocking a card in a card reader. An actuator carries a drive bushing onto which one end of a coil spring is mounted such that the axis of the coil spring is approximately parallel to the rotation axis of the actuator. The opposite... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357658 | Card retention mechanism A card retention mechanism comprises a first and second brackets. The first and second brackets are mountable to a circuit board. Further, the first and second brackets are adapted to retain a circuit card therebetween. The second bracket comprises an exposed region... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350288 | Card stiffener and insertion tool A removable insertion tool is provided for inserting a circuit board into a socket, wherein the insertion tool generally provides an increased surface area for handling the circuit board and further generally prevents a flexure of the circuit board during insertion.... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349221 | Device for increased thermal conductivity between a printed wiring assembly and a chassis A floating guide device provides increased thermal conductivity between a printed wiring assembly and a heat sink chassis. The guide device includes an elongated thermally conductive rod and a wedgelock used in conjunction with the rod that can be attached to the ro... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346371 | Portable terminal device A portable terminal device includes a first body having an operation section on a main surface thereof, a second body having a display section on a main surface thereof, a connection device for connecting the first body and the second body so that the portable termi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7335045 | Circuit card locking device at a rear cover of a computer A circuit card locking device (30) at a rear cover of a computer, is composed of a computer casing (10), a rear side of which is connected with a rear cover (20) which is provided with a rectangular hole (22) and a projection piece (24... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331809 | Computer system with fixing module for riser card thereof A computer system with a fixing module for riser card thereof is provided. By allowing the bottom side of the supporting pillar and the bottom parts of the two opposite sides of the supporting pillar engaging with each other, the riser card is supported by stress fr... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331810 | Locking structure for interface card A locking structure fixes an interface card having a lateral portion and an end portion to a main board. The locking structure includes a sliding member having a sliding groove for the lateral portion of the interface card to slide along and a containing groove for ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322843 | Cam activated circuit card clamp A cam activated circuit card clamp is provided. The circuit card clamp is comprised of a base member (204), a leverage arm (412), and a cam activation shaft (422). The circuit card clamp is also comprised of one or more cams (410-1, 41... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320614 | Female connector and male connector An apparatus is disclosed including a female and a male connector wherein the female connector has a resin first connector body to which a first set of contact pins are attached and a tubular metallic shell that ensheathes the outer surfaces of the first connector b... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314389 | Electronic card connector The present invention discloses an electronic card connector that includes a protruding member installed at a lateral side inside an insulating body, such that a sliding portion can latch an electronic card. With the protruding member installed at a lateral side ins... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310237 | Device for securing a circuit board to a socket The present invention provides a securing device for securing a card to a socket within a computer is provided where the card and the socket are coupled. The device includes a unitary base member comprising a foundation portion dimensioned to receive a stationary so... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310229 | Heat dissipating device A heat dissipating device of the present invention includes a heat sink (20) and two locking devices (10) for securing the heat sink. The heat sink includes a base (22) for contacting an electronic component. Each locking device includes a sprin... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303419 | Connector A connector for electric connection has an insulating body, a plurality of conductive terminals receiving in the insulating body, and a retaining device for retaining the electric card to the connector. The retaining device has a main body. The main body has an inse... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304856 | Assembly for holding circuit cards An assembly for holding circuit cards may comprise a plurality of slots, each slot being configured to receive a circuit card. At least one slot may be modifiable so as to permit the at least one slot to hold circuit cards having differing depths. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303412 | Holding device and electronic product employing the same A holding device (40) used for helping fasten an interface card (10) in a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) connector (20) includes a top wall (42), at least a pair of opposite sidewalls (44) for clamping the two sides of the... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7296093 | Network processor interface system A heterogeneous and scalable bridge capable of translating a plurality of network protocols is adapted for coupling to a network switch fabric. The bridge uses at least one egress buffer interface and can perform port aggregation and bandwidth matching for various d... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295561 | Fibre channel implementation using network processors Network processors controlled by software are used to implement the FC-1 and FC-2 layer functions. Each Network Processor comprises a fabric processor, an executive processor, channel processors and associated serial data processors. Special ASICs are not required s... | 11/13/2007 |
